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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: oHOGo on March 10, 2010, 06:53:16 PM
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:rock :x :cheers: :aok :D I just tried the WWI arena and it is killer. I have to say it was well worth the wait.So thanks to all at AH for a grate new arena.
P.S. A rearm pad would be cool. <<S>> oHOGo
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I want to get back on now and play!!!
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Those little WWI planes are buggers to aim and keep steady!
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Way better than rise of flight IMHO
Todd
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As a long-time AH player, I have to say it's a hoot to fly these little crates. Easy to get into a dogfight; no long climbouts, and you end up on the deck dodging trees soon enough!
Wish it had zeppelins and the Nieuport 17, the Se.5a, and a Spad VII tho. The map could use some trains, and of course, some trenchworks with flak zones.
Skinners - get crack-a-lackin' on some new paint!
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Skinners - get crack-a-lackin' on some new paint!
Started as soon as I have a default to work with. :)
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Had a blast ! As long as people can have a little class and NOT jump into every 1 vs 1 they come across it could become a favorite arena for a lot of people. I hope people understand that if they hold off from jumping into others fights another plane will be toolin in in less than a minute and you can get that one. Lets try to keep the fights even 1 vs 1, 2 vs 2 and so on.
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No hats off they screwed up the P-47... once bugs are fixed hats off, but till then hats on.
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It was nice to see Hitech , waffle , supfly and skuzzy... Playing the game.
Well done HTC :rock :airplane: :banana: :banana: :banana:
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No hats off they screwed up the P-47... once bugs are fixed hats off, but till then hats on.
oh gee...a mislabeled text is a real game killer bug :rolleyes:
Please don't tell me that it's keeping you from flying the Thunderbolt. My ribs are bruised and I really don't want to make myself hurt by laughing at you if it is.
ack-ack
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oh gee...a mislabeled text is a real game killer bug :rolleyes:
Please don't tell me that it's keeping you from flying the Thunderbolt. My ribs are bruised and I really don't want to make myself hurt by laughing at you if it is.
ack-ack
You nose down and you corkscrew into the dirt with no controls over anything. yes it's keeping me from flying the thunderbolt when my main objective is to dive bomb.
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What a great implementation! Hopefully just the beginning. I haven't had the urge to re-up over and over again in so long. Thanks HiTech.
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You nose down and you corkscrew into the dirt with no controls over anything. yes it's keeping me from flying the thunderbolt when my main objective is to dive bomb.
Which Thunderbolt? I just tried the D-40 and it doesn't do what you describe.
Edit; all of my Jugs look, sound, and fly like Jugs.
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Which Thunderbolt? I just tried the D-40 and it doesn't do what you describe.
Edit; all of my Jugs look, sound, and fly like Jugs.
I tried it on two different computers and two different profiles and it did the same thing now all of the sudden everything is fine. Now i feel like a jackarse but am glad it works.
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Back on track now..
Nicely Done, just left the arena and the WW1 planes are a complete blast! :joystick:
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You nose down and you corkscrew into the dirt with no controls over anything. yes it's keeping me from flying the thunderbolt when my main objective is to dive bomb.
Oh crap, my ribs hurt from laughing. There is no bug like that with the Thunderbolt, other than pilot induced bug.
ack-ack
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Oh crap, my ribs hurt from laughing. There is no bug like that with the Thunderbolt, other than pilot induced bug.
ack-ack
empty barrel makes loud noise.
It happened to me twice then it stopped happening. I notice you troll the boards nocking down everyone's ideas and calling them stupid.
And the bug disappeared so hats off :aok
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Started as soon as I have a default to work with. :)
Considering the incredibly lax regulations on aircraft art during WWI, I vote to allow custom player skins in the WWI arenas.
:D
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Considering the incredibly lax regulations on aircraft art during WWI, I vote to allow custom player skins in the WWI arenas.
:D
+1
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Tonight was absolutely the most fun I've had playing since I started in AW. I could hardly pull myself away.
It really reminded me of the AW furballs. Up, no climb-out, minutes to the fight and targets everywhere. Altitude is of little advantage as you have to cut throttle to dive anyway and even vastly outnumbered you seem to have a chance for a kill or two. And the damage modeling is just too cool.
Too bad I'm probably going to have to give up my account or this would be a permanent home for me and inspire me to play again.
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Yep. HTC knocked one completely out of the ball park this time. It far exceeds my expectations. I was hoping it would be at least OK, but this rocks.
Sure, I can already think of some suggestions of things I'd like to see added. ;) But today is not the day for that. Today there is only :salute :salute :salute :salute :salute :salute
:banana:,
Wab
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Outstanding! :cheers:
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I really hope HTC eventually adds a strategic/tactical war to WWI, tho. The planes are a lot of fun and a HUGE challenge to get a hold of, but right now the WWI arenas remind me of just another extension of furball cesspool in the DA: Hordeing and HOing in excess.
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That's "to".
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As a long-time AH player, I have to say it's a hoot to fly these little crates. Easy to get into a dogfight; no long climbouts, and you end up on the deck dodging trees soon enough!
Wish it had zeppelins and the Nieuport 17, the Se.5a, and a Spad VII tho. The map could use some trains, and of course, some trenchworks with flak zones.
Skinners - get crack-a-lackin' on some new paint!
Yup! Pretty fun, but slim pickins for choice of airframe. I'm sure there were very few at first anyway. Hope it keeps it's alure and gets updates often to keep folks interested. Congrats to AH for a great job! :banana: :airplane:
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If you land the Be2 out in the bushes and park it with its nose near some trees, you can hop in the rear gunner position and be a one gun wirble.
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WTG HiTech!
I love it!
(http://www.magicplace.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/thumbs-up1.png)
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Considering the incredibly lax regulations on aircraft art during WWI, I vote to allow custom player skins in the WWI arenas.
:D
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well done HTC!! :aok
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I like it.
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I notice you troll the boards nocking down everyone's ideas and calling them stupid.
And the bug disappeared so hats off :aok
Ermm no. He does however pic on the baseless whines.
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Laughed so hard! What a blast, absolutely the most fun I've had playing AH in 5 years! WTG HTC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I played more hours, got shot down more often, collided, etc yesterday than I did the entire year prior.
WWI is awesome!
HTC you outdid yourself on this one. <S>
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ME LIKEY! :aok
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Considering the incredibly lax regulations on aircraft art during WWI, I vote to allow custom player skins in the WWI arenas.
:D
Actually a personal skin was the norm for most of the german aces so having the ability to adapt a personal skin would be historically correct to a degree...maybe you make that the reward for the top fighter kill score each tour...you get your own skin.
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"Ermm no. He does however pic on the baseless whines."
+! :aok Anyone posting a knee jerk, spastic, idiotic outburst needs a slap down.
re: WWI . The screen shots look great! but 1vs1 or 1vs 2? why bother paying $15
month for a mmpog? what you want sounds like what offline or lan play is for.
And those who sniffle it's dogfights only? WTFG HTC. Finally something that is new
that sounds like the days of old. Before the lame arse, milk running, shed battling,
auger bombing, pork-horde absolutely ruined AH.
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WW1 was tons of fun. The combination of plane in-stability and primative gun package made hitting targets a real challenge. The planes were very fun to stall and slide and flop around, but in a very challenging way. The cockpit details on all the planes was great.
A very nice addition to an already fantastic game. Hat's off to the HiTech team for a job well done. :salute
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Pure mad house devil take the hind most furball............. was great fun. Died continuously ............. only time I landed was with 1.5 wings intact.
Just could not get the two rotary ac to stay on target ............ squads & wingmanship will clean up in this arena.
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Great fun.
It is a subarban crack house lol :devil
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Kept telling myself, "Just one more and I will go to the main with my squad", "ok, just one more then............"
Never made it. Have not ever had that much fun all through AW & WB.
Thank you HiTec, I will send you more money sir.
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Absolute blast, please take a gunner in the Fb2, absolute fun. :aok :rofl
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This is the best fun furballing i've seen since AH1, best furballs i've had in AH probably ever.
Thanks HTC
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AHHHH YES!!! I <3 the death spiral!!! I've wanted it forEVER! :x
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LOL, was being chased on the deck, barrel rolls between the trees, see a windmill, tight turn around it, wing passes between the windmill blades, look back, BOOM chase plane aint that lucky, lol bad timing and you are dueling with windmills Quixote !
Damn this is fun.
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I'm partial to being so slow that when I lost my tail I hit the ground, cartwheeled, and survived- only to be strafed by a Camel. :rofl
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I was in a Camel fighting a Dr1 and a FB2 last night and took fuel and oil damage. I just happened to get them both caught going the opposite direction from me as I was facing home so I tried to make a run for it. I got seperation and was extended to about 1.5K on the deck when the engine died. I ditched and coasted right into the middle of a large grove of trees before I came to a stop.
Since a ditch is a death in WWI I just sat there watching these guys dots on dar as they searched the area wondering where I had gone. I even saw them fly by a few times missing me each time. Finally one spotted me and took a single pass but I don't think he wanted to deal with the trees. Then both got engaged by other friendlies and eventually died so I ended sortie. I was really hoping for a proxie into the trees. :D
It was fun.
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This is the best fun furballing i've seen since AH1, best furballs i've had in AH probably ever.
Thanks HTC
word.
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Since a ditch is a death in WWI...
I really don't like that. I want to EARN my kills, not get it because the guy ran out of oil 100 yards from the runway.
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:rofl .
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I really don't like that. I want to EARN my kills, not get it because the guy ran out of oil 100 yards from the runway.
Shooting his wing off or killing his engine isn't earning a kill? You did take him out and make him go down, didn't you?
wrongway
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empty barrel makes loud noise.
It happened to me twice then it stopped happening. I notice you troll the boards nocking down everyone's ideas and calling them stupid.
And the bug disappeared so hats off :aok
What was it that Forest Gump said....?
wrongway
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Shooting his wing off or killing his engine isn't earning a kill? You did take him out and make him go down, didn't you?
wrongway
Considering the difficulties involved in actually getting out of a furball in the WWI arena, not to mention the challenge of just handling the aircraft in general, if he was able to successfully limp away from any bad guys in range with that sort of damage he's EARNED a no-kill ditch.
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Considering the difficulties involved in actually getting out of a furball in the WWI arena, not to mention the challenge of just handling the aircraft in general, if he was able to successfully limp away from any bad guys in range with that sort of damage he's EARNED a no-kill ditch.
I would agree with a caveat.
There should be a trench line between each set of fields.
If you get back across to your side of the trenches, you get a ditch.
If you go down on their side, its a kill/capture.
IMHO,
Wab
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That I can definitely agree with.
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I must say my only dissappointment with the arena was seeing that it will be scored. The fighting is so fun and furious that my score is gonna be trash forever in that arena. Oh well... :uhoh
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I must say my only dissappointment with the arena was seeing that it will be scored. The fighting is so fun and furious that my score is gonna be trash forever in that arena. Oh well... :uhoh
You can have lousy scores and still have lots of fun.
Trust me on this one.
- oldman
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Forget scores and just FLY
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As the MOTD already states (as well as the info page), a ditch counts as a death anyway for K/D.
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Whiteman & Ghost I concur. You folks must admit that score does introduce certain behaviors that are not conducive to the awesome dogfights we all saw last night. Pilots just behave different.
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Whiteman & Ghost I concur. You folks must admit that score does introduce certain behaviors that are not conducive to the awesome dogfights we all saw last night. Pilots just behave different.
some may want to not HO ram everything they see once they have precious score to protect.
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I think to score well in the WWI arena you need to do the opposite of the MA. I was on the deck the whole time flying totaly wreckless and my k/d shows 4.5 hit % 18. Flying timid in there is a sure way not to get kills and to get killed.
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some may want to not HO ram everything they see once they have precious score to protect.
I hear you Bruv. Although out of the 3 or so collisions last night I was involved in (not including the ones where the ground was involved-LMAO), I must say only one was trying to get and stay nose to nose with me. The rest were just accidents in all that kick arse maneuvering! :aok
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You can have lousy scores and still have lots of fun.
Trust me on this one.
- oldman
lol you too ehh? :aok
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HaHa Waystin, ground comes up real fast now dont it, i think alot of the ramming is just from people not expecting such sharp turns and loops from these kites, i was in a great fight yesterday a 4 on 4 ( yes i know a dream come true) just us 8 battled it out forever it seemed, i was on this one guys 6 screaming in on him at ohhhh 85 mph i say and he pulled hard up to loop around on me, as soon as i seen that i to pulled hard for a loop, his loop turned so fast that i cut his wings off with mine,( he was already comming down as i was almost vertical going up) i should of just cut throttle and he would of looped right into my guns, after i landed i PM'd him and apologized for running into him, he just laughed and said " i wasnt expecting to loop infront of you either i was hoping to loop to your 6 " and that its no biggie were all figuring out these planes, but i have already seen the point and shooters.
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HT, Pyro, Skuzzy, Super, Waffle, et al: Thanks!
Haven't had this much fun since Beta!
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Update ROCKS!!! :rock
Framerate WAY WAY up, everything is smooth as silk. As cool as it was last night, it's even better now that I'm not furballing with a FR of 8!!!
Once again, thank you HITECH for another rock of airplane CRACK!!
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I would agree with a caveat.
There should be a trench line between each set of fields.
If you get back across to your side of the trenches, you get a ditch.
If you go down on their side, its a kill/capture.
IMHO,
Wab
Would also be cool to have said trenches manned with MG nests, and troops to strafe. Maybe an evolving front line that changes as troop strength is depleted. Thinking that a system like this might be cool for a MA style WWI arena. We'd need bombers though.
AAJagerX
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Would also be cool to have said trenches manned with MG nests, and troops to strafe. Maybe an evolving front line that changes as troop strength is depleted. Thinking that a system like this might be cool for a MA style WWI arena. We'd need bombers though.
AAJagerX
I want this so incredibly badly.
I can just imagine intercepting those hapless Be2c's in my Albatross as they cross the front.
*shivers*
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Update really helped!! :salute
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Fantastic work, I love it! Cant wait for the Spads and Albatros III! :aok :rock :rock :cheers:
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Fun = 30 minutes then boring
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Fun = 30 minutes then boring
Are you spamming all the WWI threads with your negative crap? Ok, we get it, you don't like it. Now take your negative ninny crap and find somewhere else to pout.
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See Rule #4
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See Rule #4
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See Rule #4
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LOL I love the boobirds 7th sense, how they KNOW that WWI will fail :rofl Just like they KNEW it would NEVER come to AH :lol. The facts are that HTC and crew put in alot time to bring us this EXTRA at no EXTRA charge so I would just play the game you like and be alittle respectful to the talents of the guys that bring you this game, after all NOTHING has been taken away from WWII at all as far as I can see.
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See Rule #4
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See Rule #4
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Fun = 30 minutes then boring
Fun = 06:11:33 hours of furballing in a D.VII. YMMV.
ack-ack
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Just having a pull-a-thon for a fight.... not tactical nor fun. Not really even mildly enjoyable after the first hop. Like having everyone in D3A's, but slower. No real way to fight once anyone gets in the cone of danger....if they want to stick with you, they do, end of fight, you're dead. Barely any difference between rides, so nothing to know to get an advantage. Just pull harder. Yippeee.... boring.
THere are difference, you just don't know enough about the planes to figure out what the strengths and weaknesses of each planes are. You're also probably tired of being a pin cushion because you don't know how to fly any of the WW1 kites and instead of taking some time to learn the planes and adapt new tactics, you just pick up your ball and go home. Sad.
ack-ack
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. What.... is there a way I can pull harder on my controls? There is no tactical aspect of air combat in WW1, therefore its' enjoyment will decrease exponentially after an initial high.
Most ignorant. Each of those AC have a distinct character. I suggest spending significant time in each. Because pulling harder on the controlls just wont cut it. :neener:
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See Rule #4
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AH nice job on WW1 and taking your time to put out a good product...unlike many game companies today that you can't play a game when you buy it.
I stepped in the WW1 for a bit and it was fun and exciting. Of course slower than what we are used to in WW2 but enjoyable. It was something different, a change in pace and nice to fly around a bit in WW1 style.
On the flip side, I prefer WW2 and hope AH continues to support WW2, develop new maps, add new skins, planes and vehicles.
But most of all I just wanted to post and to give a shout out to AH and all who worked on WW1 as it was nice to see a project talked about finally come about in top class form.
Keep up the good work. :rock
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Great day on WWI today! Too bad some people can't feel right without Beechin & complaining. Makes ya wonder why they pay for the game every month if they hate it so bad. It ain't just WWI they complain about either. :cry MWAH! call 'em a "wahm-bulance" :salute
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I was finally able to dedicate several hours to the ww1 stuff tonight (maybe a bit crowded but that will taper off over the next week or two)...... For me this new era is great! Simply great! Ive been waiting for this since 1999. The only thing I could wish for now would be an S.E.5.a and an Albatross. That would seal the deal for me :)
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THere are difference, you just don't know enough about the planes to figure out what the strengths and weaknesses of each planes are. You're also probably tired of being a pin cushion because you don't know how to fly any of the WW1 kites and instead of taking some time to learn the planes and adapt new tactics, you just pick up your ball and go home. Sad.
ack-ack
No, I just don't find it fun.
I'm definitely no "pin cushion" either, sir.
It's a shame that you just can't see it as I like one thing, and you like another...instead of bashing me and calling me "sad". Society is getting less tolerant by the day...I don't like what you like.... so that makes me less than what you are :rolleyes:....
I just don't like the WW1 arena. If I wanted WW1, I would have gone to or bought another game. I enjoy the tactics and planeset that is WW2.... which is why I came to this game after Air Warrior. As a customer, I can only let my opinion be known.
Don't even get me started that this experiment that is WW1 just postponed the best thing AH has to offer (A scenario) :furious
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I'm sorry, I'll try to do better to conform to what everyone else wants. :rolleyes:
I'm glad you enjoy it. Have fun. Tell others to come and enjoy it too.